This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 04 28.2400 2461158.7400 11.70 17:02:51.77 -09:31:22.8
11.05364 18.96556 galactic Oph Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 10.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.28 Bellona 0 -0 0 11.9 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits at 17:02:51.77 -09:31:22.8: 15.51 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 17:02:51.77 -09:31:22.8: 15.52 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461158.7400,11.70,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260428.2400 11.70CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 04 28.2400 2461158.7400 12.70 17:24:28.06 -10:16:02.3
13.36611 14.07136 galactic Ser Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.5" and 10.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.258 Tyche 1 -0 1 12.7 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits at 17:24:28.06 -10:16:02.3: 15.49 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits at 17:24:28.06 -10:16:02.3: 15.46 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 04 28.2400* 17 24 28.06 -10 16 02.3 12.7 U Ser 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461158.7400,12.70,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260428.2400 12.70CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461148.84898149 18.04.2026 08:22:22.001 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
First image: 2461148.84898149 18.04.2026 08:22:22.001 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Last image: 2461158.74037354 28.04.2026 05:45:58.274 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.01
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 2 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 3852
Objects passed selection criteria: 3828
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 2801.75
Average stars matched: 2729.75 (97.4302 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 110692 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Apr 21 18:08:25 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-27-g1ba0f777
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-21)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Apr 28 00:50:17 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461148.84898149 18.04.2026 08:22:22.001 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
First image: 2461148.84898149 18.04.2026 08:22:22.001 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Last image: 2461158.74037354 28.04.2026 05:45:58.274 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 13
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.56
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 8 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 24
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 37967
Objects passed selection criteria: 37898
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 29130
Average stars matched: 28021.8 (96.1955 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 145792 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Apr 21 18:08:25 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-27-g1ba0f777
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-04-21)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Tue Apr 28 00:51:52 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
The reference JD(UT) for computing planet and comet positions: 2461158.73963027
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits'
wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits'
wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits'
wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Image size: 937.6'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:08:28.018 -09:57:35.75 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Image size: 938.9'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:08:25.093 -10:01:11.49 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:08:28.018 -09:57:35.75
Second-epoch image center 17:08:25.093 -10:01:11.49
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0611 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Image size: 938.8'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:08:27.841 -10:01:59.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:08:28.018 -09:57:35.75
Second-epoch image center 17:08:27.841 -10:01:59.33
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0732 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 17:08:25.093 -10:01:11.49
Second-epoch second image center 17:08:27.841 -10:01:59.33
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01743 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits &> /tmp/tmp.s1tVHJbyzd
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits &> /tmp/tmp.aXGiwKaMEM
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SiUcr5OhNH
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PzzN02264u
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits and wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits and wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits and wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits) and catalog (wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5737 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 249.1339 to 265.2840 deg, Dec -15.2443 to -4.5570 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 249.1339 to 265.2840 deg, Dec -15.2443 to -4.5570 deg
Loaded 4155 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3239 out of 3334 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3334 out of 5737 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.690294
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.690294
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.01
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.68
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.68
Magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5737 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 249.1339 to 265.2840 deg, Dec -15.2443 to -4.5570 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 249.1339 to 265.2840 deg, Dec -15.2443 to -4.5570 deg
Loaded 4155 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3239 out of 3334 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3334 out of 5737 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits via Tycho-2
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits (aperture=6.7)
Read 5776 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 249.1338 to 265.2840 deg, Dec -15.2443 to -4.5573 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 249.1338 to 265.2840 deg, Dec -15.2443 to -4.5573 deg
Loaded 4155 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3238 out of 3332 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3332 out of 5776 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits via Tycho-2
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits (aperture=6.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.5 pix Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
2.5 pix Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
2.7 pix fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
2.6 pix fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
2.5 pix wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
2.5 pix wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.7 mag. Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
14.7 mag. Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
13.6 mag. fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.6 (SNR ) 10.9 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.s1tVHJbyzd (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits' -> 'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=344, passed=5737
Got 5737 stars (including 5384 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5737 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010418 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 940 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 925 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5659 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 940 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5661 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5661 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.63"
Excluding outliers - 937 stars left (next iteration limit 1030)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits -region wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.aXGiwKaMEM (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits' -> 'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=340, passed=5776
Got 5776 stars (including 5426 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5776 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010418 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 940 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 926 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5678 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 939 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5677 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5677 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 937 stars left (next iteration limit 1030)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits -region wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.SiUcr5OhNH (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=153, passed=2078
Got 2078 stars (including 1924 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2078 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 939 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 934 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 926 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.64"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 934 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2055 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.67"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 940 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 935 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2056 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.68"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 935 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2058 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.69"
Excluding outliers - 935 stars left (next iteration limit 1027)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits -region wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.PzzN02264u (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=165, passed=2116
Got 2116 stars (including 1947 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2116 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013039 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010431 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 941 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 926 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.65"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 936 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2083 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.66"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 942 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2086 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.67"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 937 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2088 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.70"
Excluding outliers - 937 stars left (next iteration limit 1029)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits -region wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Oph-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Oph-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --norotation --noflagimage --starmatchraius 4 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Image size: 937.6'x624.5' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:08:28.018 -09:57:35.75 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Image size: 938.9'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:08:25.093 -10:01:11.49 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:08:28.018 -09:57:35.75
Second-epoch image center 17:08:25.093 -10:01:11.49
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0611 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Image size: 938.8'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 17:08:27.841 -10:01:59.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 17:08:28.018 -09:57:35.75
Second-epoch image center 17:08:27.841 -10:01:59.33
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0732 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 17:08:25.093 -10:01:11.49
Second-epoch second image center 17:08:27.841 -10:01:59.33
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01743 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for ar aprallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SsOJ2j9BOW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XgLTXLgDir
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gghIMOAtr7
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DITI6a1L1A
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits and wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits and wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
Found non-empty wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits and wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
The reference image (wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits) and catalog (wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat) found
'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 57760 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 249.1175 to 265.2927 deg, Dec -15.2552 to -4.5449 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 249.1175 to 265.2927 deg, Dec -15.2552 to -4.5449 deg
Loaded 4170 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3226 out of 3611 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3611 out of 57760 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.427695
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.427695
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.56
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.87
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.87
Magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 57760 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 249.1175 to 265.2927 deg, Dec -15.2552 to -4.5449 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 249.1175 to 265.2927 deg, Dec -15.2552 to -4.5449 deg
Loaded 4170 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3226 out of 3611 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3611 out of 57760 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits via Tycho-2
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits (aperture=4.5)
Read 57367 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 249.1323 to 265.3001 deg, Dec -15.2554 to -4.5454 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 249.1323 to 265.3001 deg, Dec -15.2554 to -4.5454 deg
Loaded 4168 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3229 out of 3611 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3611 out of 57367 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits via Tycho-2
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits (aperture=4.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 8000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
2.2 pix Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
2.3 pix fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
2.2 pix fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.9 mag. Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
14.9 mag. Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.7 (SNR ) 13.2 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.0 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.SsOJ2j9BOW (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits' -> 'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=2917, passed=57752
Got 57752 stars (including 54750 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 57752 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010418 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 943 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 927 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 56908 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 943 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 56904 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 56904 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Excluding outliers - 940 stars left (next iteration limit 1034)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits -region wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0121.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.XgLTXLgDir (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits' -> 'wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits'
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=2923, passed=57361
Got 57361 stars (including 54345 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 57361 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010418 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 944 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 941 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 928 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 941 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 56663 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 429 (Dec -15.3 to -4.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 943 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 941 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 56662 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 941 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 56662 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Excluding outliers - 941 stars left (next iteration limit 1035)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits -region wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-18_03-23-06_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0122.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.gghIMOAtr7 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=605, passed=20941
Got 20941 stars (including 20309 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20941 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013040 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010432 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 945 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 929 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.63"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20715 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 945 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20714 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 942 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20714 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61"
Excluding outliers - 942 stars left (next iteration limit 1036)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits -region wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.DITI6a1L1A (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The minor axis of the CCD chip should be 24.0 mm based on the derived pixel size of 3.8 um
Internal estimated FoV 605.3'
The guess is based on the FOCALLEN keyword.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
It's not one of the telescopes that are know to produce images with good WCS solutions - will try to re-solve!
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=672, passed=22199
Got 22199 stars (including 21491 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22199 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013039 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010431 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 948 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 932 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.64"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21915 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 948 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21915 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 945 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21915 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 945 stars left (next iteration limit 1039)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits -region wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits.cat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-44-54_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0162.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-04-28_CI_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_004641_TTUQ2b1x1_3043474_q46QUEH7/wcs_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Oph-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out71968.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out72010.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 26s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 71968_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163
Preparing report for the candidate 71968_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163
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Considering the candidate 72010_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163
Preparing report for the candidate 72010_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163
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Considering the candidate 72030_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163
The candidate 72030_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 17:25:21.26 -08:49:50.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 72040_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163
The candidate 72040_fd_Oph-05-Q2b1x1_2026-04-28_00-45-58_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0163 did not pass the final checks